St. Patrick's Nails & Sunday Sales!

Happy St. Patrick's Day to all my fellow Irish folk! 

I'm finally recovered from having the flu, so back to regular posting! I have a lot of great things coming up that I'm really excited about, but unfortunately I've had to abandon the 31 day challenge from being sick for so long. I'll try to pick that up again sometime in the future!

Today I'm going to show you my green mani I wore this weekend, and a few sales at the end of the post!

Base color: Zoya Neely (2 coats)

Accent nail: China Glaze Grafitti Glitter 

Stamping polish: Sally Hansen Insta-Dri Jumpin' Jade

Stamping plate: Konad m22

Rhinestones from Cheeky

And onto the few sales for this week! They run from today through Saturday, March 23.

Walgreens

Select Wet N Wild cosmetics, 99 cents

Cover Girl cosmetics Buy One, Get One 50% off

CVS

L'oreal cosmetics: spend $12, get $4 ExtraBucks

Sally Hansen products: spend $10, get $5 ExtraBucks

Rite Aid

Revlon cosmetics Buy One, Get One 50% off

Ulta

OPI Disney's Oz The Great and Powerful collection: $9 each

Ulta nail polish, 2 for $4

Hope everyone has a good rest of the weekend! Enjoy some pics from my family's St. Patty's party yesterday! :)

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I Love Nail Polish!

Good morning beautiful people!

Today I have two indie polishes to show you. I Love Nail Polish has been on Etsy since last summer, and I am super impressed with what they have to offer! Run by the beautiful Barbra, these glitter mixes are out of this world! 

For my first order from I Love Nail Polish, I picked up two polishes. Info on how to purchase at the end of the post!

Babes in Toyland and Strawberry Creme

They come in the most adorable packaging too! 

Babes in Toyland

I wanted to show the versatility of this glitter, so I layered it over a few different colors here.

One coat over (left to right)

Wet N Wild Black Creme

Orly Au Champagne

OPI OPI... Eurso Euro

Nicole by OPI Alex By the Books

Nicole by OPI Stand By My Manny

Babes in Toyland bottle shot!

This awesome glitter has magenta circles, teal squares, purple, gold, and green hexes, and tiny little magenta, teal, and gold hexes.

And here's a super close-up shot:

Strawberry Creme

Strawberry Creme is to die for. All different shades of pink circle glitter with tiny pink glitter in a milky white base - this is so so so beautiful! A jelly sandwich in a bottle! I got so many compliments when I wore this to work! I LOVE THIS POLISH!

You can find I Love Nail Polish on Etsy here for $10 each. This was my first Etsy purchase and I am a fully satisfied customer! I already have a few other of Barbra's amazing creations in mind for my next purchase!

Have a great day!

XOX

Jess

31 Day Challenge Day 2: Silver

Happy weekend everyone!

This is the first of two posts today! I'll be back this afternoon with another NOTD!

For this post I have the second day of the challenge, which is SILVER. I am not a huge silver polish fan, so I did something really simple with one of my favorite silver glitters.

Base: China Glaze Glistening Snow (3 coats)

Stamp: Cheeky CH13, Wet N Wild Black Creme

XOX

Jess

Whimsical Ideas by Pam!

Good morning lovelies :) Hope everyone had a nice weekend! I spent most of it cleaning and catching up on blog stuff, nothing terribly exciting! 

Today I am featuring another new-to-me indie brand, Whimsical Ideas by Pam! She makes some absolutely stunning and unique glitter mixes! For my first order I picked Once Upon A Time and Kismet's Pajamas. These "whimsies" have the prettiest bottles, I love the font used for the polish names, and the little bows on the caps are just adorable!

All pictures are shown with one coat of glitter over base coat, and with one coat of NYC Grand Central Station quick-dry top coat!

Kismet's Pajamas

Kismet's Pajamas over China Glaze Stone Cold... 

love the silver shimmer from Stone Cold peeking out!

Kismet's Pajamas over China Glaze Liquid Leather

bottle shot: silver and magenta hexes with tiny magenta glitter in a black base!

and a macro shot!

Once Upon A Time

Once Upon A Time over Wet N Wild Break the Ice

Once Upon A Time over Zoya Neely

Once Upon A Time over Zoya Julie

bottle shot: small lavender hexes, medium seafoam green hexes, 

and tiny purple glitter in a clear base!

and a macro shot! 

I adore both of the colors I chose! Kismet's Pajamas is edgy and spunky, definitely something I would wear out to a bar or club! Once Upon A Time is the complete opposite, soft and pastel and very Easter-like! 

For the record, these glitters are super easy to remove! I didn't need to use foil at all!

You can check out these and all Pam's other beauties over at her Facebook page. Polishes are $10 per bottle, you can e-mail her which ones you'd like to order. Let me just say, her customer service is FANTASTIC! I was browsing online around 1:30am when I decided to place my order, my e-mail was responded to immediately, and my invoice was sent back to me - all within about 15 minutes! It makes me look forward to placing my next order! :)

What do you think about Whimsical Ideas by Pam? Do you have any yourself?

XOX

Jess

I Joined the CULT!

Hey there everyone! 

Recently I have ventured into the land of indie nail polish, and today I get to share some of them with you! That's right, I joined the cult- Cult Nails of course! Developed by the now-famous Maria, she has created an amazing collection of polishes that have taken the nail world by storm! 

I picked up the following colors during a sale a few weeks ago. Maria is currently hosting another sale, starting today - details at the end of this post!

left to right:

Charming

Princess

I Got Distracted

Coveted

Charming

Charming is a shimmery, dusty lilac. This color is just so pretty, I can't get over it! The formula is a bit sheer, I used four thin coats for these pics. This is definitely my favorite out of the four I picked up!

Princess

Princess is a beautiful baby blue with a pinkish-coppery shimmer! In person it is much more blue than my photos picked up. I used two coats here.

Coveted

Ahh, Coveted! This color is like no other! A beautiful deep green, absolutely packed with green shimmer, and as a bonus, green flakes/shards! I honestly have no other polishes like this one, it is 100% unique in my stash! I used 3 coats for these photos to show the depth this has!

I Got Distracted 

I Got Distracted is another awesome, unique color! Amazing holographic shimmery bits and green glitter in a bluish-black base! I mean... this is just droolworthy! I purposely left the second shot blurry so you can really see the holo. I used 2 coats for these pics, as well as 2 coats of Seche Vite to even out the bumpiness from all the glittery goodness!

Here is the post Maria put up this morning announcing her sale! Click here or on the picture to go to her website and have your wallet ready, because if you're anything like me, you won't be able to leave it until you buy something!!

Do you have any Cult Nails polishes? Leave a comment below if you pick anything up during the sale this weekend!

XOX

Jess

TGIF! China Glaze & Sation

Happy Friday! I know I'm not the only one who is relieved the end of the week is finally here!

Today I have a quick NOTD for you! 

This is China Glaze Hanging in the Balance from the recent Cirque du Solei collection. It's one of those "crelly" (creme/jelly) polishes, for these pics I used two coats. Warning: this polish does stain a little!

 On my accent nail is Sation Tall, Dark and Has Some, which is a clear base packed with medium sized black hexes, black and blue glitter, and blue shards. It's hard to see the blue bits in my pics because they're almost the exact same color as Hanging in the Balance, but they were much more evident in person. 

I've really fallen in love with Sation since they revamped the brand, and their glitters are out of this world! Here is a shot of Tall, Dark and Has Some in the bottle:

Keep your eyes peeled for Sation spam in the future!

XOX

Jess

OPI Euro Centrale Collection - My Picks!

Happy Monday! 

Today I have a selection from the newest OPI collection, Euro Centrale. I decided to get 5 out of the 12 colors below.

You're Such A Budapest

You're Such A Budapest is a dusty lilac with a silvery blue shimmer. I obviously love this color, because I am a purple polish addict! I used three thin coats for these pics.

 Can't Find My Czechbook

Can't Find My Czechbook is one of those "Tiffany blue" wannabe colors, a touch darker than the real thing. Still very pretty! I used two coats for these pics.

 OPI... Eurso Euro

OPI... Eurso Euro's official description calls it a "deep blue" creme. To me this seems to lean much more purple than blue - which again I have no issues with! Out of all the colors I picked up from this collection, this is definitely my favorite. It is such a rich color, and I am already dreaming up hundreds of crazy glitter combos and other ideas to use this with! Two thin coats for this beauty!

 Suzi's Hungary Again

Suzi's Hungary Again... pretty color, pain in the tushie to photograph! No matter what kind of light I was in, or how much I fiddled with it while editing, I could not get this color to show right! It is an extremely bright coral, almost neon, with a very subtle shimmer. It is much more pink than these photos show. I will definitely be sporting this on my toes a lot once the warm weather gets here! I used three coats for these pics. You can get a better feel of the true color in the photo below, as a base for the glitter from this collection.

Polka.com

over You're Such A Budapest 

over Can't Find My Czechbook

over OPI... Eurso Euro

over Suzi's Hungary Again

Polka.com is a fun mix of medium sized purple, pink, and teal hex glitter with tiny purple glitter suspended in a clear base. As soon as I saw the first promo shots for this collection, I fell in love with this. It is just a gorgeous mix and I love how well it matches all the colors I picked up! For all the photos above I used one coat over the base color. And another clever name from the lovelies at OPI! 

So there you have it! This is a really nice collection from OPI, I may even have to go back and pick up one or two more colors that I was iffy about at first. My absolute favorites are OPI... Eurso Euro and Polka.com. 

Have you gotten any of these beauties yet? Which colors are your favorites?

XOX,

Jess